List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1910–1919

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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted in the years 1910 to 1919.

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South African acts are uniquely identified by the year of passage and an act number within that year. Some acts have gone by more than one short title in the course of their existence; in such cases each title is listed with the years in which it applied.

The National Archives of the United Kingdom hold copies of the Acts from 1910 - 1925 in TNA Catalogue ref: CO 632. Correspondence relating to the Acts can also be found in the Original Correspondence, TNA Catalogue ref: CO 551.

The South Africa Act, 1909, which created the Union of South Africa, is often listed with the acts of the Parliament of South Africa although it was enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

1910

Act no.Short title
1 Crown Liabilities Act, 1910
2 Census Act, 1910
3 Public Holidays Act, 1910
4 Naturalization of Aliens Act, 1910
5 Interpretation Act, 1910
6 Mining Taxation Act, 1910
7 Appropriation (1910–1911) Act, 1910
8 Railways and Harbours Appropriation Act, 1910
9 Rhodes' Will (Groote Schuur Devolution) Act, 1910
10 Patents Amendment (Natal and Orange Free State) Act, 1910
11 Cape Province Cattle Cleansing Act, 1910

1911

Act no.Short title
1 Appellate Division Further Jurisdiction Act, 1911
2 Crown Land Disposal (Execution of Deeds) Act, 1911
3 High Commissioner's Act, 1911
4 South African College Act, 1911
5 Additional Appropriation (1910–1911) Act, 1911
6 Appropriation (Part) Act, 1911
7 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1911
8 Explosives Act, 1911
9 Habitual Criminals Act, 1911
10 Post Office Administration and Shipping Combinations Discouragement Act, 1911
11 Agricultural Pests Act, 1911
12 Mines and Works Act, 1911
13 Prisons and Reformatories Act, 1911
14 Diseases of Stock Act, 1911
15 Native Labour Regulation Act, 1911 (before 1964)
Bantu Labour Regulation Act, 1911 (after 1964)
16 Cigarette Excise and Surtax Act, 1911
17 General Loans Act, 1911
18 Public Debt Commissioners Act, 1911
19 Powers and Privileges of Parliament Act, 1911
20 Dipping Tanks (Advances) Act, 1911
21 Exchequer and Audit Act, 1911
22 Bushman-Relics Protection Act, 1911
23 Dutch Reformed Churches Union Act, 1911
24 Appropriation (1911–1912) Act, 1911
25 Railways and Harbours Additional Appropriation (1910–1911) Act, 1911
26 Natal Poll Tax Act, 1905, Amendment Act, 1911
27 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (1911–1912) Act, 1911
28 Loans Appropriation (1910–1912) Act, 1911
29 Public Works Loan and Floating Debt Consolidation Act, 1911
30 Stamp Duties and Fees Act, 1911
31 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Appropriation (1910–1912) Act, 1911
32 Anatomy Act, 1911
33 Railways Construction Act, 1911
34 Miners' Phthisis Allowances Act, 1911

1912

Act no.Short title
1 Natal Native Trust and Native Administration Amendment Act, 1912
2 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1912
3 Appropriation (Part) Act, 1912
4 Additional Appropriation (1910–1912) Act, 1912
5 Oliphants River (Van Rhynsdorp) Canal Act, 1912
6 Gill College Corporation Private Act, 1912
7 Natal Bank (Limited) Laws 1888 to 1912 Private Act, 1912
8 Irrigation and Conservation of Waters Act, 1912
9 Second Appropriation (Part) Act, 1912
10 Second Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1912
11 Unauthorized Expenditure (1910–1911) Act, 1912
12 Land Settlement Act, 1912
13 South Africa Defence Act, 1912
14 Police Act, 1912
15 Transvaal and Orange Free State Land Settlements Amendment Act, 1912
16 Judges' Salaries and Pensions Act, 1912
17 Fencing Act, 1912
18 Land Bank Act, 1912
19 Miners' Phthisis Act, 1912
20 Private Bill Procedure Act, 1912
21 Appropriation (1912–1913) Act, 1912
22 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (1912–1913) Act, 1912
23 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Appropriation (1912–1913) Act, 1912
24 Loan Appropriation (1912–1913) Act, 1912
25 Railways and Harbours Unauthorized Expenditure (1910–1911) Act, 1912
26 Railways and Harbours Additional Appropriation (1911–1912) Act, 1912
27 Administration of Justice Act, 1912
28 Railways and Harbours Service Act, 1912
29 Public Service and Pensions Act, 1912
30 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Additional Appropriation (1910–1912) Act, 1912

1913

Act no.Short title
1 Appropriation (Part) Act, 1913
2 Additional Appropriation (1912–1913) Act, 1913
3 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1913
4 Railways and Harbours Additional Appropriation (1912–1913) Act, 1913
5 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Additional Appropriation (1912–1913) Act, 1913
6 Trustee Investment in Union Government Securities Act, 1913
7 Excise (Proposed Duties Procedure) Act, 1913
8 Natal Poll Tax Further Suspension Act, 1913
9 Customs Management Act, 1913
10 Financial Relations Act, 1913
11 Transfer Duty Reduction Act, 1913
12 Maclear and Elliot Districts Further Provision Act, 1913
13 Second Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1913
14 Dipping Tanks Further Provision Act, 1913
15 Wine, Spirits and Vinegar Act, 1913
16 Forest Act, 1913
17 Railways and Harbours Unauthorized Expenditure (1911–1912) Act, 1913
18 Transvaal Precious and Base Metals Act Amendment Act, 1913
19 Carnarvon Outer Commonage Settlement Act, 1913
20 Marriage Laws Amendment Act, 1913
21 Unauthorized Expenditure (1911–1912) Act, 1913
22 Immigrants Regulation Act, 1913 (before 1961)
Admission of Persons to the Union Regulation Act, 1913 (after 1961)
23 Railways Construction Act, 1913
24 Administration of Estates Act, 1913
25 Children's Protection Act, 1913
26 New Fiscal Divisions (Cape) Act, 1913
27 Natives Land Act, 1913 (before 1964)
Bantu Land Act, 1913 (from 1964 to 1978)
Black Land Act, 1913 (after 1978)
28 Appropriation (1913–1914) Act, 1913
29 North Barrow and Weenen Commonages Amendment Act, 1913
30 Bills of Exchange (Non-Business Days) Act, 1913
31 Stamp Duties and Fees Amendment Act, 1913
32 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (1913–1914) Act, 1913
33 Public Works Loan Act, 1913
34 Loan Appropriation (1913–1914) Act, 1913
35 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Appropriation (1913–1914) Act, 1913
36 Pensions (Supplementary) Act, 1913
37 Excise and Customs Tariffs Amendment Act, 1913
38 Loan Redemption (1910–1911) Validation Act, 1913

1914

Act no.Short title
1 Indemnity and Undesirables Special Deportation Act, 1914
2 Appropriation (Part) Act, 1914
3 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1914
4 Additional Appropriation (1913–1914) Act, 1914
5 Railways and Harbours Additional Appropriation (1913–1914) Act, 1914
6 Railways and Harbours (Application of Moneys 1912–1913) Validation Act, 1914
7 Railways and Harbours Strike and Service Amendment Act, 1914
8 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1914
9 Prescription Further Amendment Act (Transvaal), 1914
10 Cape Liquor Licensing Courts (Constitution) Amendment Act, 1914
11 Natal Public Health Acts (Re-enactment and Amendment) Act, 1914
12 Unauthorized Expenditure (1912–1913) Act, 1914
13 Matches Duty Act, 1914
14 Lunacy and Leprosy Laws Amendment Act, 1914
15 Workmen's Wages Protection Act, 1914
16 Justices of the Peace and Oaths Act, 1914
17 Fruit Export Act, 1914
18 The Rand Water Board Supplementary Water Supply (Private) Act, 1914
19 Second Appropriation (Part) Act, 1914
20 Second Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1914
21 Co-operative Agricultural Societies (Transvaal and Orange Free State) Amendment Act, 1914
22 Indians Relief Act, 1914
23 Wharfage and Light Dues Act, 1914
24 Railways and Harbours Unauthorized Expenditure (1912–1913) Act, 1914
25 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1914
26 Customs Tariff Act, 1914
27 Riotous Assemblies and Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1914
28 Income Tax Act, 1914
29 Miners' Phthisis Act Amendment Act, 1914
30 Natal Poll Tax Further Suspension Act, 1914
31 Appropriation (1914–1915) Act, 1914
32 Hartebeestpoort Irrigation Scheme (Crocodile River) Act, 1914
33 Borrowing Powers and General Loans Act Amendment Act, 1914
34 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (1914–1915) Act, 1914
35 Loan Appropriation (1914–1915) Act, 1914
36 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Appropriation (1914–1915) Act, 1914
37 Pensions (Supplementary) Act, 1914
38 Statistics Act, 1914
39 Public Service and Pensions Act Amendment Act, 1914
40 Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914

1914 Special Session

Act no.Short title
1 Public Welfare and Moratorium Act, 1914
2 Prieska–Upington Railway Construction Act, 1914
3 Additional Loan Appropriation (1914–1915) Act, 1914
4 Currency Act, 1914

1915

Act no.Short title
1 Appropriation (Part) Act, 1915
2 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1915
3 Additional Appropriation (1914–1915) Act, 1915
4 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Additional Appropriation (1914–1915) Act, 1915
5 Railways and Harbours Additional Appropriation (1914–1915) Act, 1915
6 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Appropriation (1915–1916) Act, 1915
7 Hlobane Railway Amendment Act, 1915
8 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (1915–1916) Act, 1915
9 Loan Appropriation (1915–1916) Act, 1915
10 Removal of Disabilities (War and Rebellion) Act, 1915
11 Indemnity and Special Tribunals Act, 1915
12 University of the Cape of Good Hope (Council) Act, 1915
13 Railways and Harbours (Appointment of Commissioners) Act, 1915
14 Appropriation (1915–1916) Act, 1915
15 The Imperial Cold Storage and Supply Company, Limited, Railway (Private) Act, 1915
16 South African Mutual Life Assurance Society Private Act, 1915
17 Dipping Tanks Further Provision (Natives) Act, 1915 (before 1964)
Dipping Tanks Further Provision (Bantu) Act, 1915 (from 1964 to 1978)
Dipping Tanks Further Provision (Blacks) Act, 1915 (after 1978)
18 Finance Act, 1915
19 War Stores (Commission) Act, 1915
20 Unauthorized Expenditure (1913–1914) Act, 1915
21 Railways and Harbours Unauthorized Expenditure (1913–1914) Act, 1915
22 Customs Amendment and Excise Duties Extension Act, 1915
23 Income Tax Act, 1915
24 Mining Taxation Amendment Act, 1915
25 Pensions (Supplementary) Act, 1915
26 Persons on Active Service Relief Act, 1915
27 Additional Loan Appropriation (1915–1916) Act, 1915

1916

Act no.Short title
1 Native Definition Amendment Act, 1916
2 Removal or Modification of Restrictions on Immovable Property Act, 1916
3 Girls' and Mentally Defective Women's Protection Act, 1916
4 Appropriation (Part) Act, 1916
5 Additional Appropriation (1915–1916) Act, 1916
6 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Additional Appropriation (1915–1916) Act, 1916
7 Railways and Harbours Additional Appropriation (1915–1916) Act, 1916
8 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1916
9 Patents, Designs, Trade Marks and Copyright Act, 1916 (before 1953)
Designs, Trade Marks and Copyright Act, 1916 (from 1953 to 1964)
Designs and Copyright Act, 1916 (from 1964 to 1965)
Designs Act, 1916 (after 1965)
10 Unauthorized Expenditure (1914–1915) Act, 1916
11 Transvaal Liquor Licensing Ordinance Amendment (Sale of Liquor) Act, 1916
12 University of South Africa Act, 1916
13 University of Stellenbosch Act, 1916
14 University of Cape Town Act, 1916
15 Public Service Commission Act, 1916
16 Transvaal and Orange Free State Land Settlements Act Further Amendment Act, 1916
17 Railway Board Act, 1916
18 Railways and Harbours Unauthorized Expenditure (1914–1915) Act, 1916
19 Local Stock (Registration) Act, 1916
20 Law Society (Cape of Good Hope) Private Act, 1916
21 Payment of Members of Parliament Act, 1916
22 Railways and Harbours Regulation, Control and Management Act, 1916
23 Second Appropriation (Part) Act, 1916
24 Legal Proceedings (Rebellion) Act, 1916
25 Diseases of Stock Act Amendment Act, 1916
26 Irrigation and Conservation of Waters Act 1912 Amendment Act, 1916
27 Second Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1916
28 Drought and Flood Distress Relief Act, 1916
29 War Special Pensions Act, 1916
30 Land Bank Act 1912 Amendment Act, 1916
31 Exchequer and Audit Act, 1911, Amendment Act, 1916
32 Insolvency Act, 1916
33 Transvaal Liquor Licensing Laws Amendment Act, 1916
34 Special War Tax (Gold Mines) Act, 1916
35 Income Tax Act, 1916
36 Diamond Export Duty Act, 1916
37 Customs and Excise Duties Amendment Act, 1916
38 Mental Disorders Act, 1916
39 Trading with the Enemy Act, 1916
40 Mapochs Gronden Water and Commonage Act, 1916
41 Public Railways (Working and Closing) Act, 1916
42 Finance Act, 1916
43 Marriage Officers Act, 1916
44 Miners' Phthisis Act, 1916
45 Pensions (Supplementary) Act, 1916
46 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (1916–1917) Act, 1916
47 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Appropriation (1916–1917) Act, 1916
48 Loan Appropriation (1916–1917) Act, 1916
49 Appropriation (1916–1917) Act, 1916

1917

Act no.Short title
1 Gubenxa and Embokotwa Titles Amendment Act, 1917
2 Additional Appropriation (1916–1917) Act, 1917
3 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Additional Appropriation (1916–1917) Act, 1917
4 Railways and Harbours Additional Appropriation (1916–1917) Act, 1917
5 Appropriation (Part) Act, 1917
6 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1917
7 Banks Act, 1917
8 Lord's Day Act (Natal) Amendment Act, 1917
9 Financial Relations Act Extension Act, 1917
10 Cape Superior Courts Further Provision Act, 1917
11 Unauthorized Expenditure (1915–1916) Act, 1917
12 Railways and Harbours Unauthorized Expenditure (1915–1916) Act, 1917
13 Workmen's Compensation (Industrial Diseases) Act, 1917
14 Forest (Demarcation) Act, 1917
15 Second Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1917
16 Second Appropriation (Part) Act, 1917
17 Co-operative Agricultural Societies (Transvaal and Orange Free State) Acts Further Amendment Act, 1917
18 Irrigation Works (Special Loans) Act, 1917
19 Sale of Agricultural Produce on Certain Mines Act, 1917
20 Higher Education Additional Provision Act, 1917
21 Fertilisers, Farm Foods, Seeds and Pest Remedies Act, 1917
22 General Loans Consolidation and Amendment Act, 1917
23 Land Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1917
24 Bewaarplaats Moneys Application Act, 1917
25 Land Surveyors Recognition Act, 1917
26 Telegraph Messages Protection Act, 1917
27 Diamond Export Duty Act, 1917
28 Oliphants River Irrigation Works Act, 1917
29 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (1917–1918) Act, 1917
30 Appropriation (1917–1918) Act, 1917
31 Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, 1917
32 Magistrates' Courts Act, 1917
33 Railways and Harbours Service Act Amendment and Further Provision Act, 1917
34 Durban Harbour Works Construction Act, 1917
35 Agricultural Produce Export Act, 1917
36 Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1917
37 Public Welfare and Moratorium Act Amendment Act, 1917
38 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Appropriation (1917–1918) Act, 1917
39 Loan Appropriation (1917–1918) Act, 1917
40 Pensions (Supplementary) Act, 1917
41 Income Tax (Consolidation) Act, 1917
42 Financial Adjustments Act, 1917
43 War Special Pensions Act, 1917
44 Miners' Phthisis Acts Amendment Act, 1917

1918

Act no.Short title
1 Additional Appropriation (1917–1918) Act, 1918
2 Special Justices of the Peace Act, 1918
3 Fugitive Offenders (Occupied Territories) Act, 1918
4 Prevention of Corruption Act, 1918
5 Railways and Harbours Additional Appropriation (1917–1918) Act, 1918
6 Commission's (Cost of Living) Powers Act, 1918
7 Appropriation (Part) Act, 1918
8 Railways and Harbours Unauthorized Expenditure (1916–1917) Act, 1918
9 Universities Acts Amendment Act, 1918
10 Unauthorized Expenditure (1916–1917) Act, 1918
11 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1918
12 Electoral Act, 1918
13 Deeds Registries Act, 1918
14 Public Service Commission Amendment Act, 1918
15 Electoral Census Further Provision Act, 1918
16 Dairy Industry Act, 1918
17 Wheat Conservation Act, 1918
18 Appropriation (1918–1919) Act, 1918
19 Loan Appropriation (1918–1919) Act, 1918
20 Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1918
21 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (1918–1919) Act, 1918
22 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Appropriation (1918–1919) Act, 1918
23 Hartebeestpoort Irrigation Scheme (Acquisition of Land) Act, 1918
24 Miners' Phthisis Acts Further Amendment Act, 1918
25 War Special Pensions Act Amendment Act, 1918
26 Income Tax Act, 1918
27 Pensions (Supplementary) Act, 1918
28 Factories Act, 1918
29 Regulation of Wages, Apprentices and Improvers Act, 1918
30 Transvaal Mining Leases and Mineral Law Amendment Act, 1918
31 Electoral Divisions Redelimitation Amendment Act, 1918

1919

Act no.Short title
1 Additional Appropriation (1918–1919) Act, 1919
2 Railways and Harbours Additional Appropriation (1918–1919) Act, 1919
3 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Additional Appropriation (1918–1919) Act, 1919
4 Marriage Registers and Certificates Act, 1919
5 Statistics Amendment Act, 1919
6 Crown Land Disposal (Cape of Good Hope) Amendment Act, 1919
7 Appropriation (Part) Act, 1919
8 Second Additional Appropriation (1918–1919) Act, 1919
9 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (Part) Act, 1919
10 Agricultural Pests (Citrus Canker) Act, 1919
11 Riparian Land (Erven and Commonages) Act, 1919
12 Inquests Act, 1919
13 The Bedford Additional Water Supply (Private) Act, 1919
14 Rand Mines Power Supply Company Water Supply (Private) Act, 1919
15 Precious Stones (Alluvial) Amendment Act, 1919
16 Unauthorized Expenditure (1917–1918) Act, 1919
17 Commonages (Cape of Good Hope) Act, 1919
18 Railways and Harbours Appropriation (1919–1920) Act, 1919
19 Railways and Harbours Unauthorized Expenditure (1917–1918) Act, 1919
20 General Loans Further Amendment Act, 1919
21 Medical Practitioners and Dentists Registration Amendment Act, 1919
22 Agricultural Holdings (Transvaal) Registration Act, 1919
23 Bills of Exchange (Time of Noting) Act, 1919
24 Messina Railway Amendment Act, 1919
25 Public Servants (Military Service) Act, 1919
26 Second Appropriation (Part) Act, 1919
27 Customs Management Act Amendment Act, 1919
28 Transvaal Transfer Duty Amendment Act, 1919
29 Co-operative Agricultural Societies Acts Amendment Act, 1919
30 Second Railways and Harbours Appropriation (1919–1920) Act, 1919
31 Railways and Harbours Capital and Betterment Works Appropriation (1919–1920) Act, 1919
32 Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1919
33 Transvaal Liquor Licensing Ordinance, 1902, Amendment Act, 1919
34 Diamond Export Duty Act Amendment Act, 1919
35 Loan Appropriation (1919–1920) Act, 1919
36 Public Health Act, 1919
37 Asiatics (Land and Trading) Amendment Act (Transvaal), 1919
38 Diamond Cutting Act, 1919
39 Income Tax (Consolidation) Act Amendment Act, 1919
40 Miners' Phthisis Act, 1919
41 Appropriation (1919–1920) Act, 1919
42 War Special Pensions Act, 1919
43 Financial Adjustments Act, 1919
44 Pensions (Supplementary) Act, 1919
45 Pretoria Mint Act, 1919
46 Amnesty and Indemnity and Undesirables Deportation Act, 1914, Amendment Act, 1919
47 Public Welfare and Moratorium Acts Extension and Further Amendment Act, 1919
48 Native Reserve Locations Acts (Cape of Good Hope) Further Amendment Act, 1919
49 Treaty of Peace and South West Africa Mandate Act, 1919

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